Destiny by Bungie

rowe33 · 2016-02-11T15:29:37.000Z

Pogue Mahone:

I took a good long break from Destiny but I’m back into it now, trying to get a character up to 290 so I can try the King’s Fall raid. Already at 287, nearly there!

Are you on the PS4? Would love to try a raid one of these days but I just play w/ a single friend who’s also not in any sort of clan.

Teiman · 2016-02-11T15:47:57.000Z

Wholly Schmidt:

If we believe all the rumored plans, scrapped plans, and alleged leaks, I think that means DLC for 2016 was abandoned a while back in favor of Destiny 2 for holiday 2016. Then Destiny 2 slipped. Now they’re scrambling, and I’m guessing this means at best the “large new expansion” will be fall 2016, because they probably only recently decided that was the plan again.

So worst case scenario, we’ve got about six–eight months of nothing between now and then, and then at least another six–eight months of nothing between that (final?) DLC and Destiny 2.

I could be wrong! All those rumors could be wrong, or half wrong! Maybe they can jump back into some of what they originally planned as DLC for 2016 faster than I’m guessing. Maybe they never totally abandoned it at all!

But I doubt it. I don’t know what that means for me personally, but I’m definitely not playing at all these days, and it’s hard to imagine getting too excited for even another big chunk of DLC later this year if I know it’s just going to be the curtain call before Destiny 2.

What they really need to do before that DLC hits—whenever it hits—is get better at communicating their plans. Which might mean having a plan, but let’s give them the benefit of a doubt for some reason. Whatever their plans are, they need to get control of the narrative again. By the time that final Destiny DLC drops, I need to know why I should care about it. Is it all going to be wiped anyway entirely when D2 drops? If my characters transfer, will it still be sorta wiped in the way that previous gear/equipment gets nerfed or removed every time a new DLC drops anyway?

I will buy whatever they make next, but they need to make it!

divedivedive · 2016-02-11T15:48:32.000Z

rowe33:

Are you on the PS4? Would love to try a raid one of these days but I just play w/ a single friend who’s also not in any sort of clan.

Sorry dude, I’m playing on Xbox.

merryprankster · 2016-02-11T15:55:43.000Z

rowe33:

Are you on the PS4? Would love to try a raid one of these days but I just play w/ a single friend who’s also not in any sort of clan.

I’m your huckleberry. I’m over Destiny for the most part, but I’m happy to help out if needed.

merryprankster · 2016-02-11T16:01:34.000Z

Wholly Schmidt:

What they really need to do before that DLC hits—whenever it hits—is get better at communicating their plans. Which might mean having a plan, but let’s give them the benefit of a doubt for some reason. Whatever their plans are, they need to get control of the narrative again. By the time that final Destiny DLC drops, I need to know why I should care about it. Is it all going to be wiped anyway entirely when D2 drops? If my characters transfer, will it still be sorta wiped in the way that previous gear/equipment gets nerfed or removed every time a new DLC drops anyway?

Yeah. I think total lack of knowing the fate of Destiny has led to a total lack of interest from me. Destiny needs a strong marketing narrative through line to keep me on board, and they seem unable to deliver that. Here’s hoping The Division pans out. :)

Pyperkub · 2016-02-11T16:02:47.000Z

Pogue Mahone:

Sorry dude, I’m playing on Xbox.

I’m Pyperkub on the Xbox as well. First toon is at 37 (jumped from 33 to 37 last night, when I discovered how to claim my completed bounty rewards - d’oh! A manual would have been nice…), though my light is only around 170 currently. Would love to do some of the strikes or Raids

divedivedive · 2016-02-11T16:20:43.000Z

Oh cool, I’ll add you but I don’t have a real clan that I play with, nor do I know five other folks who play Destiny much anymore. But I am kind of getting back into it, so I’d be cool with playing if you should catch me online. Also if it helps, I’ve joined a group on www.the100.io to try to find some folks interested in raiding. I’ve had good luck with those groups before, you can search by general age of players (since I’m way too old to be playing video games) and general attitude (casual, because I get tired of being yelled at by people with better skills, i.e. everyone) and folks in your time zone, just to make grouping that much easier.

Pyperkub · 2016-02-14T23:15:07.000Z

Got my first toon to level 40, still working on raising my light tho, around 230 now. …

ioticus · 2016-02-21T15:02:03.000Z

I’m already frustrated with Destiny and I just start playing. I lost connection in the middle of a quest and it took me all the way to the beginning of 2 previous checkpoints. So I lost a lot of time and have to replay the battles all over again.

DrDel · 2016-02-21T18:05:59.000Z

ioticus:

I’m already frustrated with Destiny and I just start playing. I lost connection in the middle of a quest and it took me all the way to the beginning of 2 previous checkpoints. So I lost a lot of time and have to replay the battles all over again.

After playing for over a year and a half … the frustrations don’t get any better.

Quit while you are not ahead!

Pyperkub · 2016-02-21T20:09:13.000Z

I think I’ve only had one drop in 40+ hours. From my perspective drops aren’t an issue.

merryprankster · 2016-02-21T21:54:28.000Z

Only one drop in 40 hours??? Hope that was some sweet loot!

Telefrog · 2016-03-18T14:59:28.000Z

Marty O’Donnell talks about when he was fired from Bungie.

IGN

Ex-Halo Composer Addresses Bungie Firing, Lawsuit for First Time - IGN

Marty O'Donnell explains what happened the day he was fired.

"[T]here were things that were being re-jiggered, and my frustration with some of the business and creative decisions started to mean that I was on this side of the divide and everybody else was on this side,” he said of the differences between himself and other staffers. “And, as much as we tried to bridge it, it just didn’t seem like it was going to get bridged.”

Despite the disagreements, O’Donnell was caught off-guard the day he was fired from the company without cause.

“The 'why’ question is actually still a question for me. I don’t know why,” O’Donnell said. “I was surprised.”

“I really was hoping it could be mended,” he said of the relationship. “Now, it’s quite possible that it couldn’t be mended, and I was just…a thorn in the side of finishing Destiny. Maybe I just wasn’t as good of a leader and helper at that point, because we were on such different sides. So, I’m not saying it wasn’t the right thing for us to part ways; it probably was. I just don’t think it was done in the best way.”

DrDel · 2016-03-19T06:58:33.000Z

This game is dead. They screwed up too much… it was good while it lastest.

no in-game matching system for MP
the PoE becomes obsolete after TKK is released
rejigging the weapon / advancement scheme
low drop rate
online elitism (“I won’t team up with you if you don’t have a G-horn”)

absurd…

WhollySchmidt · 2016-03-19T07:02:22.000Z

Weird, the forum says there were a couple new posts to this thread, but I can’t see anything. Maybe someone tried posting without a Gjallarhorn.

Wallapuctus · 2016-03-19T10:00:55.000Z

The biggest thing they screwed up was obsoleting the old content and then taking forever to make more content. I’d love to be playing Destiny but there’s nothing left to do.

There’s supposed to be a PvE update coming next month but I’m not hopeful. The speculation is a Taken wing of PoE, which is probably the simplest thing they could build and also the least interesting.

Don_Quixote · 2016-03-19T10:17:57.000Z

My biggest problem was the repetitive content. Playing the same missions, with the same dialogue over and over and over. You’d think that with the budget they have, they could crack the but of procedurally generating missions.

merryprankster · 2016-03-19T10:53:00.000Z

Wallapuctus:

The biggest thing they screwed up was obsoleting the old content and then taking forever to make more content. I’d love to be playing Destiny but there’s nothing left to do.

There’s supposed to be a PvE update coming next month but I’m not hopeful. The speculation is a Taken wing of PoE, which is probably the simplest thing they could build and also the least interesting.

Yeah, that’s my issue too. There just isn’t enough Destiny and they have been doing a poor job keeping the older content relavent.

Telefrog · 2016-04-08T10:45:35.000Z

Destiny’s Creative Lead CJ Cowan has resigned from Bungie.

He had worked at Bungie since 2009.

merryprankster · 2016-04-08T11:29:52.000Z

Signing a deal with the devil does not seem to have gone well for the Bungie creatives.